land forces

pl n

armed forces serving on land

Nearby words

land bridge, land contract, land crab, land dayak, land flowing with milk and honey, land forces, land freeze, land girl, land grab, land grant, land in

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Examples from the Web for land forces

The total of the land-forces, including those sent from North America, was 14,041.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 72, October, 1863|Various
It was composed of not less than seventy thousand men in all,—forty thousand land-forces and thirty thousand sailors.
The Art of War|Baron Henri de Jomini
They provided for eight-and-twenty thousand land-forces, besides six thousand marines.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II.|Tobias Smollett
The number of land-forces occasioned a debate; and the Hessian auxiliaries were not allowed without dispute and opposition.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II.|Tobias Smollett

The fleet which co-operated with the land-forces in the artillery attack of October 17, 1854, consisted of twenty-five ships.
The Art of War|Baron Henri de Jomini